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Local Inequality And Project Choice : Theory And Evidence From Ecuador

2006; Linguagem: Inglês

10.1596/1813-9450-3997

1813-9450

María Caridad Araujo, Francisco H. G. Ferreira, Peter Lanjouw, Berk Özler,

Local Government Finance and Decentralization

No AccessPolicy Research Working Papers21 Jun 2013Local Inequality And Project Choice : Theory And Evidence From EcuadorAuthors/Editors: M. Caridad Araujo, Francisco H. G. Ferreira, Peter Lanjouw, Berk OzlerM. Caridad Araujo, Francisco H. G. Ferreira, Peter Lanjouw, Berk Ozlerhttps://doi.org/10.1596/1813-9450-3997SectionsAboutPDF (1.2 MB) ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack Citations ShareFacebookTwitterLinked In Abstract:This paper provides evidence consistent with elite capture of Social Fund investment projects in Ecuador. Exploiting a unique combination of data-sets on village-level income distributions, Social Fund project administration, and province level electoral results, the authors test a simple model of project choice when local political power is unequally distributed. In accordance with the predictions of the model, poorer villages are more likely to receive projects that provide excludable (private) goods to the poor, such as latrines. Controlling for poverty, more unequal communities are less likely to receive such projects. Consistent with the hypothesis of elite capture, these results are sensitive to the specific measure of inequality used in the empirical analysis, and are strongest for expenditure shares at the top of the distribution. Previous bookNext book FiguresReferencesRecommendedDetailsCited ByTourism-based development in Cusco, Peru: comparing national discourses with local realitiesJournal of Sustainable Tourism, Vol.25, No.328 September 2016Social Enterprise, Capabilities and Development Paradigms: Lessons from EcuadorJournal of Development Studies, Vol.49, No.9Applications of Poverty Maps in Urban Planning: Examples from Liberia, in Costa RicaApplied Spatial Analysis and Policy, Vol.3, No.2-328 March 2009Trends in Children's Employment and Child Labour in the Latin America and Caribbean Region: Regional OverviewSSRN Electronic JournalChild Labour: Trends, Challenges and Policy Responses - Joining Forces Against Child LabourSSRN Electronic JournalTargeting public goods to the poor in a segregated economy: An empirical analysis of central mandates in rural IndiaJournal of Public Economics, Vol.93, No.7-8Who is at the Wheel When Communities Drive Development? Evidence from the PhilippinesWorld Development, Vol.37, No.1Policy Impacts on Schooling Gender Gaps in Developing Countries: The Evidence and a Framework for InterpretationSSRN Electronic JournalEquity, efficiency and inequality traps: A research agendaThe Journal of Economic Inequality, Vol.5, No.27 December 2006Local Distributional Effects of Government Cash Transfers in ChileSSRN Electronic Journal View Published: September 2006 Copyright & Permissions Related RegionsLatin America & CaribbeanRelated CountriesEcuadorRelated TopicsCommunities & Human SettlementsFinance and Financial Sector DevelopmentHealth Nutrition and PopulationMacroeconomics and Economic GrowthPoverty ReductionRural Development KeywordsACCESS TO SERVICESANTI-POVERTYESTIMATES OF POVERTYFOOD FOR EDUCATIONHOUSEHOLD SURVEYHOUSEHOLD SURVEYSINCOMEINCOME DISTRIBUTIONINEQUALITYLAND INEQUALITYMEASURESPOORPOVERTYPOVERTY PROGRAMSPOVERTY REDUCTIONSANITATIONSOCIAL FUNDSSTRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENTSTRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT PROGRAMSTARGETING PDF DownloadLoading ...